This week's flourish is a variant on one that I pull out fairly often when I'm dancing lead -- instead of turning the follow under once, you can turn your follow under twice before you take them into ballroom position and finish the swing. The timing can be a little hard to get, as you're catching the follow's hand on its way past, but once you get it it's really rather simple.

By the way, to those who are heading up to the Dance Flurry in Saratoga Springs, NY (alas, neither Steve nor I will be this year; dance extra in our absence, please!) -- there will be an independently-run techno contra this weekend at The Parting Glass, DJ'd by Julie Vallimont with Max Newman and Jon Cannon, with Will Mentor calling! Looks like it'll be a lot of fun!

Carry on Dancing,

CS

P.S. To folks who are heading for the Flurry or other contra dance events this weekend -- it would be awesome if you joined the CS street team by printing out a few flyers and bringing them with you! Happy Friday!

This project has concluded as of mid-2013 (with an epilogue posted mid-2016) but we hope to see you soon on a contra dance floor! Meanwhile, head over to our Facebook page for upcoming techno contra events and other items of interest.

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I dance with abandon. I play with glowsticks. I look for music that is conducive to one or both. I play behind cameras. I write about all of the above. I'm based in Glen Echo's contra dance community outside of Washington, D.C., but I'm happy to go dance afield when I can. Lather, rinse, repeat. Always repeat.